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New Beginnings needs stricter policies for using federal dollars, audit says
New Beginnings spent $64,000 in Title I money on a teacher who was not qualified to receive the funds, audit says.
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Two months late, state provides records on standardized test cheating
Two New Orleans charter schools have looked into cheating allegations in the past year. The Lens wants to see how widespread such allegations are and finally has the documentation that for two months was withheld by the state Department of Education, citing privacy concerns.
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Four school moves leaves Moton parents eager for permanent site
Students at Robert Russa Moton Charter School need a permanent school.
That was the message several parents and teachers delivered to Moton’s governing board during its quarterly meeting Jan. 16.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
With Letten gone, ’tis the season for intrigue and wild rumors
Mob boss Carlos Marcello. Wikimedia It’s transition time at the local U.S. attorney’s office, now that Jim Letten, the nation’s longest-serving federal prosecutor, and his top three lieutenants have retired in the wake of a scandal involving anonymous online comments. No doubt candidates aspiring to replace Letten have quietly expressed interest to U.S. Sen. Mary […]
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Live blog recap: OPSB discusses school enrollment standards
The Orleans Parish School Board has packed a lot into the year’s last round of committee meetings, including discussion of the common enrollment requirements for all of its chartered and traditional schools. The meetings started at 1 p.m. Thursday, and I live-blogged them here. In November, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education gave […]
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Ethics Board faults Moton principal for hiring kin
The principal of Robert Moton Charter Elementary School employed and promoted two of her daughters-in-law, in violation of ethics laws, state officials contend. The Louisiana Board of Ethics filed charges against Moton principal Paulette Bruno on Nov. 19. The charges were posted Monday on the board’s website. The Division of Administrative Law’s Ethics Adjudicatory Board, […]
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Budget for 2012-13 anticipates more students – and higher building costs
Robert Moton Charter School’s operating budget is increasing 53 percent, propelled by a rising enrollment and the school’s first full year in a larger building. Spending in the 2012-2013 school year is anticipated to be $2.7 million, compared to last year’s $1.7 million. The school moved in February to a building on Gentilly Boulevard, leased […]
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Treme Charter School Association fails to reach quorum at possible final meeting
The Treme Charter School Association, which did not have its charter to manage McDonogh 42 renewed for the 2012-2013 school year, turned over control of the school to the Choice Foundation on June 30. Additionally, the organization failed to reach a quorum in its June 30 meeting. The board had three action items on its […]
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Moton postpones budget hearing
Robert Mussa Moton Charter School has canceled its public budget hearing, according to principal Paulette Bruno. A Lens reporter went to review the school’s budget, by law made publicly available 10 days in advance of the hearing, to find there was no copy available for public review. Bruno said the budget was not available and […]